Associate – Business Analyst - Client Implementations (Analytics)

Your Team Responsibilities

Overview

The MSCI Analytics Solutions Delivery team is composed of experienced professionals that provide first-tier services and solutions to our analytics clients around the world.

Currently, the Business Analyst team is present in the following locations: Manila, Monterrey and Mumbai.

The Business Analyst team is responsible for providing predominantly portfolio services and solutions to our clients to support their wide variety of analytic risk reporting, methodology, regulatory, usage and technical needs.

Specialists work directly with clients across all market segments, including hedge funds, banks, brokers, wealth managers, asset managers and pension plans. They analyze client portfolio data and work with a client throughout their on-boarding process, which is organized as an implementation project, that results in a solution for the client that integrates our risk and analytics products into their investment process. Additionally, the specialists work with our technology teams to define and build our client services technology infrastructure.

As a BA, you will serve as a client-facing specialist for MSCI’s Risk Analytics solutions—combining domain expertise, technical acumen, and a mindset oriented toward automation and continuous optimization. This role is ideal for Associates or Senior Associates seeking to deepen their quantitative and technical skill sets, lead sophisticated client engagements, shape product evolution, and strengthen MSCI’s operational excellence.

Your Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Design & Workflow Optimization

• Conduct detailed discovery to understand client objectives, portfolio structures, and analytics requirements, designing scalable solutions aligned to best practices.
• Partner with Project Managers and Solution Designers to optimize integration pathways and elevate end-to-end user experience.
• Reengineer workflows to remove manual steps, mitigate operational risks, and drive automation-ready processes.
• Deliver high-impact early-care training to guide clients’ transition into the MSCI analytics ecosystem.

1. Data Sourcing, Workflow Configurations & Analytics Validation

• Educate and align clients on MSCI’s data sourcing standards to ensure high-quality, scalable analytics implementations.
• Validate portfolio holdings, security reference data, asset classifications, benchmark mappings, and factor exposures.
• Ensure data completeness, modeling accuracy, and analytical integrity across multi-asset portfolios.
• Configure client environments, execute test scenarios, and confirm analytics outputs for consistency and reliability.
• Leverage diagnostics, dashboards, and analytics tools to detect anomalies and proactively remediate data issues.

1. Automation & AI Adoption

• Identify automation opportunities across manual or high-risk workflows using scripting, RPA, or AI-enhanced tools.
• Design or propose automation solutions that accelerate delivery, reduce errors, and enhance client experience.
• Utilize usage analytics and monitoring dashboards to inform decision-making, strengthen processes, and uncover optimization opportunities.
• Champion a continuous-improvement culture by promoting technology-enabled innovation across teams and projects.

Your skills and experience that will help you excel

Core Competencies

• Strong analytical capability with a data-driven mindset; comfortable using dashboards, diagnostic tools, and quantitative insights.
• Ability to think holistically and redesign workflows for scale, efficiency, and risk mitigation.
• Confidence operating as both an implementation lead and a consultative partner to sophisticated institutional clients.
• Curiosity and openness to automation technologies—actively seeking ways to enhance delivery using AI, scripting, or RPA.
• Solid understanding of financial markets, multi-asset portfolios, risk methodologies, and performance analytics.
• Proven experience managing multiple parallel projects in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, or related fields.
• Advanced certifications (CFA, FRM, PRM) or graduate degrees are a strong advantage.
• 2+ years of relevant experience in analytics, risk systems, or portfolio-technology implementations.
• Familiarity with MSCI’s analytics suite, risk models, or implementation methodologies is highly desirable.

About MSCI

What we offer you

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative workspaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, AI Learning Center , LinkedIn Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our vision – to power better decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you can challenge yourself, set new standards and perform beyond expectations for yourself, our clients, and our industry.

MSCI strengthens global markets by connecting participants across the financial ecosystem with a common language. Our research-based data, analytics and indexes, supported by advanced technology, set standards for global investors and help our clients understand risks and opportunities so they can make better decisions and unlock innovation. We serve asset managers and owners, private-market sponsors and investors, hedge funds, wealth managers, banks, insurers and corporates.

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